Trump’s Day One: A Bold Agenda to Reclaim America

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   My Esotericposted 3 days ago

   Donald "the enemy of the People" Trump is redoubling his efforts to get Republicans to kill the filibuster. WHY? Because America agrees with the Democrats that protecting healthcare is more important than reopening gov't.
   
   https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ … s-11-03-25

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   My Esotericposted 3 days ago

   "Trump administration will provide partial November food stamp benefits"
   
   Will anyone object when I call Trump the real enemy of Americans and a honest to god, real asshole?
   
   The Trump administration said today that it will provide partial food stamp benefits for November by tapping into the program’s contingency fund amid the ongoing government shutdown.
   
   A US Department of Agriculture official said in a sworn statement that the agency will use $4.65 billion from the contingency fund to pay the November benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which he said will “be obligated to cover 50% of eligible households’ current allotments.”
   
   Recipients will not see the payments immediately.
   
   In court papers submitted Monday, the administration said it decided against pulling funds from other sources of money to provide full SNAP benefits for November. The program costs a total of roughly $9 billion for the month, the agency has said.
   
   The decision came after a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the US Department of Agriculture last week to either start providing full November benefits to recipients or partial benefits if the agency opts to only draw on SNAP’s contingency fund.

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      Willowarborposted 2 days agoin reply to this

      Sad that he had to be ordered to do this.

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   My Esotericposted 28 hours ago

   America is finally regaining its sanity after 10 horrific months of the mentally ill, enemy of the people Donald "I'm God" Trump.
   
   Across America they delivered a very loud message that they REJECT this sick president many of them voted for.
   
   VA - CRUSHING WIN FOR DEMOCRATS with Spanberger winning by DOUBLE DIGITS (13%) and sweeping the LT. Governor and AG. They also picked up a WHOPPING 13 seats in their House of Delegates.
   
   NJ - CRUSHING 13-POINT HISTORIC WIN FOR DEMOCRATS as Sherriil beats Trump backed candidate.
   
   PA - TRUMP's attempts to reshape its Supreme Court failed SPECTACULARLY
   
   NYC - CRUSHING WIN FOR MAMDAMI despite Trump telling Republicans to vote for Cuomo.
   
   CA - In response to Trump's probably illegal attempts to redistrict Red States, Californians RESOUNDINGLY accepted a temporary redrawing to counter the cheating Republicans. Better, they did it the LEGAL way by having the PEOPLE choose.
   
   LATINO VOTERS - After realizing they have been LIED TO by Trump, they rejected him and were KEY in many Democratic victories.
   https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/politics … y-virginia
   
   SHUTDOWN - Federal workers urge Democrats to keep up the fight for their healthcare. Polls show clearly that stopping Republicans from killing HealthCare is more important than keeping the government open.

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      Willowarborposted 27 hours agoin reply to this

      And what is hilarious?  After a terrible night, their first order of business is making it harder to vote instead of making grocery prices lower like they promised....LOL.  so out of touch. Republicans lost because Americans reject their insane policies.
      
      https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1986067998323392668

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      Willowarborposted 27 hours agoin reply to this

      And...
      
      Democrats  broke the Republican Party’s supermajority in Mississippi, flipping two state Senate seats in a huge win!
      
      For the first time in 13 years, Mississippi Democrats will be able to exert some political power in that sorry  state.
      
      Democrats flipped two statewide seats in Georgia by double digits also! 
      
      Trumpism was roundly and overwhelmingly rejected yesterday

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         My Esotericposted 25 hours agoin reply to this

         Did they really!!! That is great news.

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            Willowarborposted 24 hours agoin reply to this

            They sure did.  Trumpism lost everywhere it was on a ballot.  Millions of voters refused to go along with the cruelty and unfairness of the Trump regime.

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   Kathleen Cochranposted 27 hours ago

   "Trump's predecessors increased their wealth by millions, his net worth has risen billions just in 2025 alone. "
   
   https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets … ocialshare
   
   Politics aside, folks, you've been duped.
   
   (And it is not as though you weren't warned.)

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      Willowarborposted 27 hours agoin reply to this

      

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      wildernessposted 27 hours agoin reply to this

      How about re-do that comment, using percentages instead of dollars.  You know - predecessors increased their worth by 10,000% while Trump increased his by 20%.
      
      Pretty easy to make a buck when you have 4B already.  Not so easy when you're broke to start with.

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         My Esotericposted 25 hours agoin reply to this

         Percentages are often useful metrics but not in this case where, as you said, the baselines are so different.
         
         Clinton's book deals don't raise ethical questions. Trump's cybercurrency manipulations, probably illegal and certainly unethical do.
         
         AI put it this way succinctly:
         
         Percentages can sound dramatic, but raw dollars are what actually move power, create conflicts, and shape public risk. A 10,000% jump off a tiny base may be life-changing for one person, yet it’s trivial next to a 10% gain on a multibillion fortune—hundreds of millions that can buy media, fund PACs, hire armies of lawyers and lobbyists, and influence markets. Percentages are also easy to game: start from a low or temporarily depressed estimate and the ratio explodes, while a billionaire’s equally—or more—consequential windfall looks small. Ethics, policy leverage, and democratic vulnerability track the magnitude of money at stake, not the optical flash of a denominator. In public accountability, the meaningful question isn’t “what percent,” it’s “how many dollars—and where did they come from?”

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   My Esotericposted 24 hours ago

   It looks like Donald "the failure" Trump is in deep trouble with his mostly illegal tariff war.
   
   I listened to some of the Conservative Justices grill the Solicitor General - it was humiliating.  Gorsuch got him to almost admit that it would be constitutional that Congress could delegate declaring war to Trump.
   
   Even the most conservative Justices Thomas and Alito wasn't buying what Trump was selling about his faux emergencies.
   
   "Trump admin faced deeply skeptical Supreme Court in tariff arguments"
   
   https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ … s-11-05-25

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      Willowarborposted 24 hours agoin reply to this

      I'm guessing we'll have a 7-2 ruling striking down Trump's ability to impose tariffs.  Any chance it could be 9-0?  I didn't hear much from Thomas or Alito

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   Kathleen Cochranposted 24 hours ago

   https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-b … ticize-doj

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   Kathleen Cochranposted 23 hours ago

   Before this armchair experts here on Hubpages start tearing down,tap-dancing around, and throwing "whataboutisms" at it, I encourage you to read at least part of it or watch the PBS interview with the authors.

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      My Esotericposted 20 hours agoin reply to this

      This is one of the saddest and scariest comment in the piece, in my opinion. This is what MAUGA and the Trump voters here have done to America.
      
      "The DOJ you know, many of your viewers know is a very opaque institution. It's secretive. It keeps its own counsel. It doesn't share things unless it's in public court filings. But these people who lean conservative and careful and don't talk and squawk about their work are now coming to us and talking because they are basically crying for help.
      
      They're saying this is a five-alarm fire, that the next terror attack, they're not sure that they're as prepared. In fact, they feel certain they're not as prepared as they were a year ago with the lack of expertise that's gone. One person said to me there is no imaginary security blanket around America. It's made up with these people with this expertise and they are, as Aaron said, gone."
      
      Who made them GONE, the Trump voter did, they stripped our nation of its protection from foreign and domestic threats and today we are paying the price for it.

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